Lewis Hamilton led the first practice session giving the three ‘diffuser teams’ a run for their money. But the second training session proved that the teams that use the controversial equipment with diffusers in the rear are still ahead of rivals.

In Friday morning practice, the three best lap times belonged to cars that were questioned this week the Court of Appeal of the FIA. Points leader Jenson Button was the fastest, with 1min35s679, 0s025 just getting ahead of German Nico Rosberg of Williams.

Brazilian Rubens Barrichello, Button partner of the GP Brawn, ended with the third best time of day, with 1min35s881. The first car without the diffuser was Australian Mark Webber of Red Bull, followed by team mate, Sebastian Vettel, and three more cars that use the piece: the Italian Jarno Trulli (Toyota’s), Japanese Kazuki Nakajima (the Williams) and German Timo Glock (Toyota’s).
Best of the initial session, Hamilton finished only in 13th position, with 1min36s941, just behind the Brazilian Felipe Massa of Ferrari, at least it settled again to overcome the Finnish Kimi Räikkönen, 14 placed in this Friday. Already the Renault cars have hit the runway with the Chinese, leaving Nelsinho Piquet in 16th place, three positions ahead of Spanish Fernando Alonso.

The result in Shanghai, which was a drop of water to the champion of 2007, which deplored the current stage of Ferrari. “Currently we are not able to fight for the title,” bubble Räikkönen.

Button does not disguise the satisfaction in mastering other evidence, which may leave him more shot in front of the World. “The balance of the car really improved on the latest evidence. We work on two types of tires and I was very pleased. But we still have much work for tomorrow (Saturday morning, when will the training officer),” he emphasized.

According to the World, Barrichello was another that celebrates the ease with which the car of GP Brawn has adapted to the Shanghai circuit. “We achieved a good fit in the car, our focus was also working with the tires we fairly and information, improving the performance of the car in second practice,” he said.

Despite the 13th place, Hamilton also left the track happy this Friday. “I feel that the car is more stable. We are definitely a step ahead in this race because the car is strong in curves and have a good basis for the weekend,” hesaid. Mass already admitted that Ferrari is still behind the “trio of the diffuser. “Without the KERS, we lose a little performance, but won on the aerodynamics. We improved the car, but we know it will be very difficult to achieve them,” he said.